Alayne got this photo of our recent arrival, blind Lucy, hanging out with some of her new friends last week.  That's blind and deaf Katie closest to the camera, her brother Spencer next to her (of course), and blind Austin the Beagle.  Lucy at first was very timid around other dogs, but as I predicted…

Long-time blog readers may recall a post from more than two years ago, when I pointed out how blind Widget "looms" over other dogs who just happen to be in a chair she wants.  Sometimes this works — they can't stand the pressure of her sitting right there, looming over them, and they quickly surrender…

Blind Widget rolling … if a picture is worth a thousand words, here are three thousand: (Note:  As for the brown spots in the grass — yes, we know about "urine neutralizer" supplements; no, we're not going to spend the money to keep nearly 40 dogs on them.)

The Dachshund ranks expanded yet again, with the arrival of blind Lucy on Friday.  She came to us from Riverside Rescue in Vermont, the same local shelter that had asked if we could take Roo, the Chihuahua born without front legs.  Lucy came from a puppy mill situation and was born with microphthalmia, which means…

Well, that was fast!  Last week one of our supporters, Kathleen R., asked if she could adopt Little Miss Roo after seeing her on the blog.  Last year Kathleen had asked about adopting Dexter, but we had decided early on that he was a "keeper."  Our original intention was to hold on to Roo for…

Please welcome our newest arrival, an adorable 9-month old female Chihuahua named Roo who came yesterday.  She was born without her front legs.  A local rescue group, Riverside Rescue in Lunenburg, Vermont, had a breeder show up at their door last Tuesday with Roo.  Sharon from Riverside Rescue emailed me on Wednesday to ask if…

  Alayne and I were sitting on the deck after dinner the other evening when we heard blind Widget start woo-woo-wooing from inside the house.  Sometimes she will woo-woo-woo when she wants help getting out of a chair, sometimes she will do this to demand food from us while we're eating, and sometimes she'll do…

Of course, the laundry baskets made the trip to New Hampshire too, along with everything else.  We weren't about to leave any of these "beds" behind.  As you can see, blind Goldie has commandeered the one in the living room, which is at the moment blocking the door to the basement behind her.  These baskets…

Today I picked up the three dogs I had taken in to the Whitefield vet clinic yesterday for regularly scheduled dentals — blind Widget, blind Madison and Dexter T. Dickens.  Long-time blog readers may recall that Dexter had needed emergency oral surgery in California in late 2008 before we could bring him out to the…

During last week's blistering heat wave, there was another favorite spot in the house: in front of the fans.  I took this photo of blind Widget in the living room, who managed to get her nose within an inch of that fan.  A day or two before, Alayne had seen Widget this close in front…